#wise man

Who is the wise man? He who sees what's going to be born. ↗

— King Solomon

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A wise man does not chatter with one whose mind is sick. ↗

— Sophocles

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The wise man doesn't give the right answers, he poses the right questions. ↗

— Claude Levi-Strauss

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If a wise man behaves prudently, how can he be overcome by his enemies? Even a single man, by right action, can overcome a host of foes. ↗

— Saskya Pandita

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Think like a wise man but communicate in the language of the people. ↗

— William Butler Yeats

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Concentrate your energies, your thoughts and your capital. The wise man puts all his eggs in one basket and watches the basket. ↗

— Andrew Carnegie

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Talking and eloquence are not the same: to speak and to speak well are two things. A fool may talk, but a wise man speaks. ↗

— Heinrich Heine

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The wise man does not grow old, but ripens. ↗

— Victor Hugo

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A wise man looks upon men as he does on horses; all their comparisons of title, wealth, and place, he consider but as harness. ↗

— Robert Cecil

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It takes a wise man to discover a wise man. ↗

— Diogenes

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